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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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FENWAY'S FIRST TEAM June 5, 1912 ... The Red Sox visiting the Tigers in Detroit, jumped out to it heavy 4 to 0 lead in the first inning, and the Tigers being a stubborn bunch, declined to even entertain the thought of the defeat coming back and jamming a victory down the throats of the Red Sox to the bitter taste of 8 to 6. It has become a regular thing for the Tigers to select an inning to have a big dance around the bases and the sixth inning was it today. Six men crossed the plate in this inning by route of four passes, three singles and a sacrifice. There could have been more except that a doubleplay was reeled off by the Red Sox from their uncomfortable position in the field. In the opening chapter Ed Willett hit two and walked one, was hit three times and with a sacrifice and an error by Ty Cobb mixed in, permitted four Sox runners to cross the plate. The Red Sox got another run in the second on a double a wild pitch and an infield out. At that point there was every indication that Willett could not last much longer, but he proceeded to collect himself and pitched brilliant ball for the rest of the game. He was in trouble a couple of times, but worked his way out of the situations. Charley Hall did not look much better in the first two innings, allowing the Tigers to get a run in each, but he also steadied in the third and from that time until the sixth looked like he was unbeatable. For three innings Hall blew the Tigers over just about as fast as they could come up. Charley appeared to be in a soft spot for the Sox, leading 5-2 up to the time manager Hughie Jennings gave the order for the dance to begin for the Tigers. The Red Sox had the three run advantage when Detroit came to bat in the sixth. In that inning Ed Delehanty led off by being passed. Del Gainor beat out a little tapper back to the mound and George Moriarty laid down a nice sacrifice bunt that moved the men up. The runners scored when Oscar Stanage lined one to center. Tris Speaker made a quick return to the ball to the plate and almost got Baldy Louden who was in as a pinch runner for Gainor, who had tweaked his ankle while going for second. Hall could not get the ball over the plate after that and walked both Willett and Donie Bush to fill the bases. At that point manager Jake Stahl realized that Hall was a beaten man and brought in Joe Wood to stop the bleeding. Davy Jones moved the runners along with a hit and Ty Cobb came up and slashed a liner that scored both Willett and Bush. Sam Crawford followed by knocking one off Wood's leg that bounced over to Heinie Wagner at short. Wagner was able to get him at first, but on the play Jones scored and Cobb was thrown out trying to take third base on a nice throw from Stahl to Larry Gardner. However, the score at the end of the dance was 8 to 5 in favor of Detroit. The Red Sox added another run in the eighth on Wagner's double to left that bounced off the scoreboard. Carrigan sent him home with a single to make it 8 to 6. The Tigers couldn't do much with Wood, as he fanned two in the eighth and caused two hits to be wasted in that inning. |
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